Tag: hunger
Media forget Afghan plight as US sanctions drive mass famine risk
Afghan citizens have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis due in no small part to U.S. sanctions, but where is the outrage?
Child poverty in the US could be slashed by monthly payments...
Fifty years later, Congress and the nation are again debating a major boost in government support for families with children.
As hunger soars across nation, US trade & foreign policy is...
Hunger was already at alarming levels in the U.S. before the pandemic, and it’s only gotten worse.
Only the poor starve: Hunger in the time of COVID
The World Food Program (WFP) warns that, “millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectra of famine a very real and dangerous possibility.”
Bon Jovi feeds the hungry opening the doors to his third...
"What this restaurant is truly meant to do is empower."
Paying farmers fairly could curb climate change and hunger
Parity is at the core of agriculture’s potential to address overproduction.
Latin America backslides in struggle to reach zero hunger goal
"More than five million children in Latin America are permanently malnourished. In a continent of abundant food, a continent of upper-middle- and high-income countries, five million children ... It's unacceptable."
In the race to achieve zero hunger and mitigate climate change,...
"In the race to beat food insecurity, achieve zero hunger, and address climate change, we must pay attention to the soil."
More of the world’s population is facing food insecurity than ever...
Now, roughly 11 percent of the world's population is facing food insecurity.
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GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.
EPA moves to reclassify Clean Air Act waivers
The Agency claimed that "California’s standards could impose costs on ports, shipping and supply chains," but Environmental groups and California regulators dispute that interpretation.